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HTML

<p>hello, link is <a href="#" class="underline">underline</a>
</p>

CSS

.underline {
  display: inline;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.underline:after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  right: 0;
  width: 0;
  bottom: -5px;
  background: #000;
  height: 4px;
  transition-property: width;
  transition-duration: 0.3s;
  transition-timing-function: ease-out;
}
.underline:hover:after,
.underline:focus:after,
.underline:active:after {
  left: 0;
  right: auto;
  width: 100%;
}